Word: directives
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...officials continue to deny any involvement in the private arms pipeline that sprang up in the two years after Congress cut off military aid to the rebels. Moreover, the Administration shows little sign of seeking accommodation with the Sandinistas. After intensive lobbying last spring, it persuaded Congress to resume direct aid to the contras. Two weeks ago the first planeloads of military supplies, bought with funds from a $100 million aid package, began flowing to the rebels via the Aguacate military base in Honduras...
...Quad's own private health club, is already a step in the right direction. So is the hamburger option, available only at the Quad. But racketball and beef can't do the trick alone. It will also take substantially more spacious rooms and better shuttle bus service. If buses were to have more direct routes and were to run twice as often as they presently do, the Quad would only be half as far away from the Yard...
THIS COMPLEX LIST of suspects may suggest the makings of a contrived prime-time melodrama, but it should be noted that P.D. James is a true mystery artiste, whose writing transcends the seeming transparency of her material. Her prose is direct, with an unmistakably British flavor. It is of little wonder that her novels have translated so easily into high quality PBS television specials...
...letter to the council stated that "most issues of direct concern to undergraduates are decided by the Faculty and not the Corporation." A recent Crimson poll of 500 students--in which questions were phrased in an open-ended format--reveals that the two issues of most concern to students are divestment and the tenure process--both of which fall under the decision-making power of the Corporation, not the Faculty...
...ranks as a leading contender in elections to choose a successor to President Chun Doo Hwan, whose term expires in 1988. Last week Kim offered to jettison his longtime dream of occupying Seoul's Blue House, provided that the ruling Democratic Justice Party agreed to permit the direct election of the next President. Said Kim: "If I don't stand for the presidency in 1988, the government has no excuse to oppose direct elections...